“France is ranked third in the world in innovation, based on the number of patents pending in each country. This level of innovation is important for the competitiveness of all industrial businesses.”— Corinne de Bilbao, President & CEO of GE France

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The POLITICO Global Policy Lab is a new collaborative journalism project seeking solutions to challenges faced by modern economies in an age of political disruption and technological transformation. The first installment, titled Engineering Growth in partnership with GE, brings journalists, policymakers, industry experts, and readers together to discuss how digital manufacturing will transform the German economy, and the political crises the could arise from it.